Elston Howard and Gil Hodges: Big Apple and Card Collector Faves
If you were to sit down with a group of New Yorkers that were around in the 1950s and '60s, and pressed them to compile a list of their beloved athletes, you can be assured there would be two names that would appear on many of those lists -- Elston Howard and Gil Hodges. These two giants of New York baseball have gone down in history as sentimental fan faves, and while neither has been inducted into the hallowed halls of Cooperstown, they are beloved by fans and card collectors alike, not just for their athletic prowess, but for the way they lived their all-too-short lives. Click here to read on.

Judging by PSA experts will take place the first week in June and the winners will be announced in mid-June. Awards will be presented at the annual PSA Set Registry Luncheon. This year, the National Sports Collectors Convention will be held in Cleveland, Ohio. The luncheon is planned for Friday, August 3rd from noon to 2pm. Email invitations will be mailed out mid-June.

Additions to Player Sets and Team Sets
Player sets will be updated for any card requests we received as of 3/31/07. Updates to team sets will be made if your request was received prior to today. If received after today, the set will be updated after the awards deadline.

Please Keep Your Sets Updated
We receive email every day from members attempting to add cards which are listed in someone else's set. As a member of the Set Registry program it is your responsibility to remove cards from your sets WHEN YOU SELL AND SHIP YOUR CARDS. By deleting cards as you sell them, you will allow other members the enjoyment of updating their sets on the first try!

There is a quick, simple way to delete cards from your sets. This method does not require validation. After your login, use the link called Delete Items. Simply type in the certification number of the card you wish to delete and click the Submit button.

If you use the EDIT SET method for your deletion, don't forget to validate your sets after you have deleted cards.

Important Information Concerning Submissions
It is important that if cards you submit for grading are to be used in a set that may be in competition for the awards, you allow plenty of time for grading and shipping. We do not extend the Set Registry deadline for any reason, so please plan ahead!

Thank you for your participation in the PSA Set Registry. We are looking forward to another exciting awards season!

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Question: I have noticed that different price guides refer to different cards as official rookie cards. Some cards are identified as such on one magazine while other magazines say no. Which magazine do I follow?

Answer: Great question... some publications have come up with their own set of rules of what they consider to be rookie cards versus other cards. The fact of the matter is that it doesn't matter what ANY publication says, the only thing that matters is what the collecting community thinks. If collectors feel that certain cards deserve to be designated as rookies then that is exactly what they are because collectors dictate things like this through demand. For example, some publications want to designate cards like the 1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds or the 1984 Fleer Update Roger Clemens cards as something other than a true rookie card. In our experience, most collectors view those cards as rookie cards in addition to the more traditional issues like the 1987 Fleer Bonds and 1985 Donruss Clemens. If collectors say it is then it is, no matter what arbitrary rules are applied by publications.